Cork-holder for bottles



` (No Model.)

W. BEARDSLEY.

CORK HOLDER FOR BOTTLES. No. 382,859. Patented May 15, `1888.

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VILLIAM BEARDSLEY, OF BEACON, IOWA.

CORKQHOLDER FOR BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent o. 382,859, dated May 15,1888.

Application filed March 2G, 1888. Serial No. 268,480. (No model.)

, .To aZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM BEARDsLEY, of Beacon,in the county ofMahaskaand State 0f Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCork-Holders for Bottles, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention consists in a compensating cork-holder for bottles,composed of a cappiece and a neck-piece adapted to engage with eachother, substantially as hereinafter det scribed, and pointed out in theclaim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l represents a view in perspective of my improved cork-holder asapplied to retaining the cork in a bottle,ihe neck portion of the bottleonly here being shown. Fig. 2 is a top view of the blank composing thecappiece of the cork-holder, and Fig. 3 a side view of the blankcomposing the neclcpiece of said holder.

A indicates the cap piece of the cork holder, and B the neck-piecethereof, both made of sheet metal or other suitable flexible material,but which will here be described as composed of two strips of sheetInetal.

The strip composing the cap-pieceA is made with an enlarged centralportion, b,`to forma cap or hood on, over, or covering the cork C in thebottle l), and with opposite side arms or extensions, c c, of reduced ortapering width, and of suitable length to be applied as hereinafterdescribed.

The strip composing the neck-piece B may be of uniform width throughoutits length, excepting at its one end, where it is constructed with atongue or portion of reduced width, d, and the body portion of saidstrip is provided with two horizontal or longitudinal slots,ce,and witha series (here shown as two) of vertical or cross slots,ff, one behindor outside of the other, near the opposite end of the strip to thetongue d. This strip Bis ap' plied to the bottle by bending itround theneck thereof, under the usual collar, g, at the mouth end of the neck,and its tongue d is passed through either of the slots f f,according tothe diameter of the neck of the bottle, and its outer' end clinched orturned back to secure such engagement and close t of the strip orneck-piece B round the neck of the bottle. rlhus, when the neck of thebottle is of reduced diameter, the tongue d of the neck band or piece Bis engaged with the inner slot f and drawn tight or clinched. For largerdiameters of bottle-neck, the outer slot fis used in like manner. Thismakes the neck band or piece B a compensating one for bottles orbottle-necks of different diameters or sizes.

The cap-piece or strip A has its enlarged central portion, b, applied toor over the cork in the bottle, and its side arms or extensions, c 0,bent down and engaged with the longitudinal slots c e, and clinched orturned up to secure the engagement of the cap-piece A with the neck-bandB, and so retain or hold the cork in the bottle. These longitudinalslots e e are of greater length than the side arms or extensions, 0c,are wide,thus also cornpensating for different sizes of bottle-necks,and insuring a central position for the side arms or strap portions, cc, regardless of the different diameters ofbottle-necks,the clinches onthe strap end portions,c c,being made long or short when attaching thecap-piece to the neck-band, as the case may demand.

By this construction ofthe cork retainer or holder I provide for suchlatitude of adjustment in all its parts as that it may be made toperfectly fit all or different sizes of bottles, and so dispense withcork-holders of dit'- ferent sizes for different sizes of bottles. Saidcork retainer or holder may be made,too,with but little waste of thesheet metal or material used in its construction.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The withindescribed compensating cork holder or retainer for bottles ofdifferent sizes, the same consisting of a flexible strip or cap-piece,A, having strap-like clinchingextensions o c, and of a flexible neckband or strip, B, adapted to encircle the neck of the bottle andprovided with a series of crossslots, f, at or near its one end, aclinching extensionor tongue, d, at or near its opposite end, andlongitudinal intermediate slots, e e, of greater length than the widthof the clinching end portions of the cap-piece or strip, essentially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

gWILLIAIMI BEARDSLEYI Witnesses:

JNO. J. PRICE, J. M. B. PRICE,

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